Regarding Dr. Olaf

Once you have been declared dead, it may be difficult to be declared alive again, at least if you live in Ohio and were declared dead more t...

Well, I've been slow to update this blog, and meaning to post this story since I came across it: Docs Reveal Stunning Images Of Teen Wi...

Just came across a lovely trepanation kit, featured on BoingBoing . David Pescovitz writes: Over the years, I've spotted many trephinat...

Last night, I watched a fabulous short film called "The Love Competition" by Brett Hoff. I saw it on Wholphin (which I subscribe ...

The brain may not be able to speak quite yet, but researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are working to correlate speech to t...

Just came across this very interesting piece by Virginia Hughes in Scientific American about the Indiana Medical History Museum, formerly t...

This week's New Yorker contains an article by Michael Specter that I was compelled to read at once. The topic? Placebos. In this fascin...